Mass Media: Barnsley

Michael Dugher: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in Barnsley East constituency are employed in the media sector.

Nick Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	Letter from Glen Watson, dated June 2013
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	Annual employment statistics are available from the ONS' Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES). Due to the ONS' policy on statistical rounding and disclosure for BRES, employment values are rounded to the nearest 100. As such, the number of people in Barnsley East constituency employed in the media sector rounds to zero.
	The media sector has been defined as including the following standard industrial classification industries: publishing activities; motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities; and programming and broadcasting activities.
	National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at
	http://www.nomisweb.co.uk

Members: Correspondence

Bridget Phillipson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South of 11 December 2012.

Norman Baker: The Department for Transport does not have a record of receiving a letter from the hon. Member dated 11 December 2012, but we will be pleased to respond speedily if she could provide a copy.